Achievements

ResearcHERs Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2017

This event was held on the 25th August 2017 simultaneously at Parkville and Southbank campuses. Opened by the Provost, Professor Margaret Sheil, the day featured a range of sessions on different aspects of Wikipedia, training and informing on content creation, Wikipedia protocols and guidelines, and Wikidata. View the event's Wikipedia page here.

Overall, as part of this event, 38 pages were created, 17 new users made accounts, and 74 revisions were made. A number of articles were created on the day for a variety of notable women working in many fields, including pages for:

Read Pursuit article Balancing the history books, one Wikipedia entry a timewritten by Dr. Mary Tomsic (ARC Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne) and Deborah Thomas (Senior Policy & Strategy Advisor, University of Melbourne) published 11 December 2017.

Wikipedia Edit-a-thon "I Made the Internet Smarter Today" 2018

A second Wikipedia Edit-a-thon was held on Friday 31 August 2018. The event saw new and experienced Wikipedians come together for a relaxed day of Wikipedia editing, discussions, and upskilling. At lunchtime, we joined colleagues at La Trobe University for a virtual "#shutupandWiki" session, an hour of intensive editing. A highlight was "I Made the Internet Smarter Today" badge-making.